Reach Your Weight Loss Destiny and Keep Your Skinny Victory!: Stop the Diet and Learn to Live-It!

By Bernita Scott Weston

In 2005 she weighed in at 246 pounds and was labeled clinically obese. Not long after she was diagnosed with hypertension. Feeling both defeated and deflated it was time to live healthy. Many years of eating the wrong foods, lack of exercise and nutrition finally caught up with her. After seeing a research study that 95 to 97 percent of people, who lose weight gain it back, plus more within 2 to 4 years, she was determined to beat the odds. With extensive research, education, trial and error and nearly 2 years later, she loses 96 pounds and is taken off of blood pressure medication for good. Keeping the weight off now for nearly 6 years she has proven that statistics don't dictate her future. She shares the real reason for obesity and why many people struggle keeping the weight off!

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Oct 31, 2012
• ISBN: 9781477274538

Bernita Scott Weston

Writing since the tender age of 9 now at 43 Bernita could hardly contain herself when God called her to the ministry of teaching and writing full time. After many months of meditating, praying, and trusting God, He answers her prayers. Stepping out on faith in August 2012, she fearlessly bids Corporate America farewell. Leaving her good paying job with the workforce and after dedicating 21 years in customer service and marketing, she was finally free to fully commit to the call God placed on her life. As an author her writings are inspired and based on her own personal hardships, tragedies and testimonies. She openly shares her life's battles, her smiles and her trials as only she can do. Her unique style of writing offers hope, encouragement, education and inspiration to all ages. As a weight loss expert, her first book “Reach Your Weight Loss Destiny and Keep Your SKINNY Victory” is based on her personal life story on how she lost 96 pounds and kept it off for 6 years! Her second book "How to Count it All Joy When Faced With Insurmountable Circumstances", came at a high price when she and her husband loss their home and everything they own to what was dubbed the flood of the century in 2009! Her faith and passion keep her strong.

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© 2012 Bernita Scott Weston. All Rights Reserved.

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Published by AuthorHouse 10/25/2012

ISBN: 978-1-4772-7452-1 (sc)

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2012919478

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TRANSITION PHOTOS

My Before Will Be No More!

I reached my heaviest in 2005 weighing in at 246 pounds!

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"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil. To give you a future and a hope.

Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me?"

-Jeremiah 29:11;32:27

From 2008 to date, Bernita celebrates her healthy Victory!

I don’t have time to diet so I live-it!

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I shall not die, but live and declare the works of the Lord.

-Psalm 118:17

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Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New King James Version. Copyright © 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc., publishers. Used by permission.

Some Scripture quotations marked AMP are taken from the Amplified Bible, Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by the Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. Used by permission (www.lockman.org)

This book is not intended to provide medical advice or to take the place of medical advice and treatment from your personal physician. Readers are advised to consult their own doctors or other qualified health professionals regarding the treatment of their medical problems. Neither the publisher nor the author takes any responsibility for any possible consequences from any treatment, action or application of medicine, supplement, herb or preparation to any person reading or following the information in this book. If readers are taking prescription medications, they should consult with their physicians and not take themselves off of medicines to start supplementation without the proper supervision of a physician.

Table of Contents

Transition Photos

A Message From The Author

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Ground Rules

Lifestyle Survival Tips

Urban Legends

The Silent Killer

Do Calories Matter?

A Smaller Portion Is A Smarter Portion

Feel Good About Fast Food

Simple Things Matter

Why We Gain Weight

Weight Loss Tool Kit

Must Do Success Steps

Hindrances

Types Of Eaters

Staggering Fat Facts

The Truth Behind Obesity

Who You Are

Where The Spirit Dwells

House Cleaning

Talk To Me

The Spiritual Make Over

How The Weight Came Off

Pack Your Lunch

Walking The Pounds Off

Myth Or Fact Muscle Or Fat

Drink Water On An Empty Stomach

Live To Be 100

Fire Up Your Metabolism

Exercise Helps Your Memory!

Green Tea Research Studies

Taking Exercise To New Levels

Less Is More

The Hand That Rules The World

The Proverbs 31 Woman

Stranded

No Sin Too Great For God!

Prayer Of Salvation

Prayer Of Rededication To Christ

A Church Home

A Message from the Author

God made our bodies so it stands to reason that He is able to heal us and keep our bodies healthy, provided we meet His conditions by obeying His instructions outlined in His Word.

So he cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a tree. When he cast it into the waters, the waters were made sweet. There He made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there He tested them, and said, If you diligently heed the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statues, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.

-Exodus 15:25-26 (NKJV)

In the book of Exodus 15: 26 it reads, I am the Lord who heals you. Did you notice that He said I am the Lord who heals you if you’ll do what I’ve told you to do? Many times as Believers, we think we know it all and therefore we do and eat it all. I don’t struggle with what we are allowed to eat because the bible tells us that God made all things for us to freely enjoy. The problem is that people don’t know when to quit! With many things in God’s word, His promises come with requirements and conditions that must be met if we are to reap the benefits.

People often ask, Why am I sick? or, Why did this person die? Some may even ask, When will I get my healing and why is it taking so long? I believe that so many of our why questions would be answered if we only looked at the way we live, and compared it with the standard of living required by the Word of God. Then maybe we would realize that we are not living up to God’s conditions.

Many people will read the benefits outlined and promised in God’s Word, but fail to read the conditions attached to them. This is usually why we can’t figure out why the healing hasn’t manifested as quickly as we’d hoped for. In the five years of preparing this book, God has revealed a number of Scriptures to me that I will reveal to you throughout the book. He has given me the ability to teach other about healthy eating, weight loss balance and lifestyle. Years of research, personal experiences, trial and error and lots of prayer went into the writing and structure of this book.

The first thing you will notice is that the layout, design, visuals and content of this book. This book will be like no other book you’ve ever read before with regard to weight loss and keeping the weight off for good. Its purpose is to educate you on your body, soul and your spirit. Get ready for a new and exciting journey about your health. Have your pens and highlighters ready.

It is my prayer that you read this book with an open spirit with a determination to get what God has already promised all of us. Divine Health! I encourage you to pray before reading this book. Ask God to open your spiritual eyes and ears. Try reading this book aloud to yourself so that you can absorb the information while feeding your spirit and your mind. I encourage you to share what you’ve learned with others.

By the time you are done reading you will be more the wiser and you’ll never look at food and exercise the same again.

To the born again Believer, Saint, Christian, Chosen Generation, Child of the Most High God, who may be suffering from obesity, overweight or just can’t seem to get it together with regard to your weight and health, these Scriptures are for you:

I do not write these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I warn you. 1 Corinthians 4:14

Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are. 1 Corinthians 3:16-17

I dedicate this book to all the people out there struggling to not only lose weight but keep those pesky pounds off, for good. In most cases, it’s not losing the initial weight that becomes the challenge, but finding ways to keep the weight from returning and keeping it off your body for good. Weight loss plans can be expensive and pre-packaged food and meal plans are unrealistic for long term success.

I believe that God has blessed me with the knowledge and understanding for helping people to not only get the weight off but provide useful techniques in keeping the weight off while making permanent lifestyle changes. We will review various types of lifestyle changes that you and your family can live with. I pray that as you read this book you open yourself up to techniques and ideas that you may or may not be accustomed to.

Applying these key principles will not only help you in reaching your weight loss destiny but it will help you keep your skinny healthy victory! (The mark through was intentional)

This is not another diet book. It’s a live-IT book!

"The biggest challenge people will ever face with weight loss doesn’t come from failure to develop a weight loss plan. It doesn’t come from not having an exercise regimen or even from altering their eating habits. That’s the easy part.

The challenge comes when people feel that they have failed in keeping the weight off, and in committing to their permanent lifestyle change.

It is God’s desire that we be in health and prosper, even as our soul prospers.

It’s not about being skinny or vain how you look. It’s about how you feel about your spirit, soul and your body. It’s about developing healthy habits and teaching those habits to future generations.

It’s about your future. It is my desire to help change your mind and alter your perception about weight loss. My goal is to educate you so that you may educate others.

Once you truly grasp the importance of taking care of your spirit, soul and your body your future will follow.

Leave the before behind and stay the after forever.

Reach your weight loss destiny and keep your skinny HEALTHY victory, for life!"

-Bernita Scott Weston

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Acknowledgements

To the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit: It is for this purpose that He made me. Thank you for wisdom, insight, patience and favor with all. Thank You for guidance, instruction and discipline. Thank You for my new healthy life. Thank You for my family and Church. To my husband Bernard Weston Sr. who has never judged me or my weight. Thank you for always loving me, whether fat or thin. Thank you for never putting me down or cracking jokes about my weight. Thank you for never calling me out of my name and never being ashamed of my body even when I was. You are a godsend and I would not have made it as far as I have without your love and commitment. You have been my biggest inspiration. Thank you for teaching me not to fear the road and to just do it! You taught me how to run and keep my legs moving. Thank you for teaching me to listen to my body and not my head. You are truly the man I’ve always dreamed of having. May we grow old together and live each moment as if it were our last.

I would like to thank all of my family: My mom, dad, Grandma Joyce, all of my sisters and brothers, all of my nieces and nephews, and my two wonderful children LaJairous and Keyra. I thank all of you for your love and support and for never noticing my weight as a hindrance or negative obstacle. Thank you for cheering me on and supporting my goals, my destiny and my victory. I love you all dearly.

A special thank you to all my co-workers, fellow leaders and peers at AutoTrader.com you helped me take this journey for years with your positive comments and compliments. Thank you for your support and cheers. You will always be my extended family!

I love you all.

INTRODUCTION

Did you know that there are over 300,000 premature deaths in the U.S a year linked to obesity? Statistics say that 33 percent of children growing up